Technical requirements

Rustup must be installed in the local development environment. Use this link for installation: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup.

Refer to the following link for official installation instructions: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install.

After installation, check rustc, and cargo have been installed correctly with the following commands:

rustc --version 
cargo --version

You must have access to any code editor of your choice.

Some of the code and commands in this chapter, especially those related to shared libraries and setting paths, require a Linux system environment. It is recommended to install a local virtual machine such as VirtualBox or equivalent with a Linux installation for working with the code in this chapter. Instructions to install VirtualBox can be found at https://www.virtualbox.org.

The Git repo for the examples in this chapter can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Practical-System-Programming-for-Rust-Developers/tree/master/Chapter01.